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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Highly doubtfull. Reactive armor is not supposed to have any 'effect' at all on a DU SABOT. Reactive only works against HEAT and AT missiles well. It is an anti-blast blast material. A SABOT is aerodynamic and a blast goes towards the path of least resistance, which is not towards the incoming aerodynamic SABOT.-S
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That's why NATO's jaw dropped a little when Russia managed to make the ERA defend against both. The ERA has a front and the back plate, and basically the front and the back end are designed so when the SABOT explodes the ERA, the front and back move different and break the tip off the penetrator, making it much less efficient.
For more details:
http://russianarmor.info/Tanks/EQP/era.html